000  
WWUS82 KCAE 052008  
SPSCAE  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
408 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026  
 
SCZ016-022-116-052100-  
CHESTERFIELD SC-SOUTHERN LANCASTER SC-KERSHAW SC-  
408 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN  
LANCASTER, SOUTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD AND NORTHEASTERN KERSHAW  
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...  
 
AT 408 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
WESTVILLE, OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE WATEREE DAM, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KERSHAW, CASSATT, CAROLINA SANDHILLS WILDLIFE REFUGE, WESTVILLE, MT  
PISGAH, JEFFERSON, TAXAHAW, KERSHAW CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, NORTH  
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, DEKALB, FORTY ACRE ROCK PRESERVE, AND MIDWAY  
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3431 8046 3439 8068 3470 8052 3459 8022  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 210DEG 10KT 3445 8053  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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